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Jerseyville Illinois

(KMOV) -- Robert Hill of Jerseyville, Ill. is charged with allegedly beating his girlfriend's 9-month-old daughter. Hill is charged with two counts of aggravated battery of a child.

The infant girl suffered serious damage to her right leg; it is broken in two places. Prosecutors say the child broke her leg when Hill intentionally dropped her. Investigators also noticed bruises around the baby's mouth, nose, lips and on her right hand.